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Asia & South Pacific

Philippines

Philippines

The Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC), which houses INTERPOL Manila, is the national law enforcement agency which carries investigations beyond the borders of the Philippines. Its priority crime areas include:

Illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;

Money laundering;

Terrorism;

Arms smuggling;

Trafficking in persons;

Piracy;

Any crime which impacts the stability and security of the Philippines.

The PCTC coordinates all transnational crime operations carried out by other government agencies of the Philippines. It designs new projects to strengthen the country’s combined response and ensures the efficient exchange of information. The PCTC recommends ways to better prevent transnational crime and to detect and apprehend criminals operating across borders. A central database of national and international legislation underpins these recommendations. Activities are reinforced through training programmes delivered in cooperation with national government agencies, other countries and international organizations.

The PCTC is assisted by the Philippine’s 22 national law enforcement agencies:

Philippine’s 22 national law enforcement agencies

Philippine National Police;

National Bureau of Investigation;

Department of Justice;

Anti-Money Laundering Council;

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Philippine Central Bank);

Bureau of Customs;

Bureau of Immigration;

Bureau of Internal Revenue;

Dangerous Drugs Board;

Department of Finance;

Department of Foreign Affairs;

Department of Tourism;

Philippine Center on Transnational Crime;

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency;

Optical Media Board;

Philippine Coast Guard

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration;

Philippine Ports Authority;

Philippine Postal Corporation;

Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission;

Securities and Exchange Commission;

Office for Transportation Security.

INTERPOL Manila

The National Central Bureau (NCB) for the Philippines is an inter-ministerial entity which is not part of the Philippine National Police but instead is directly attached to the Office of the President. As such it benefits from direct access to the services of all law enforcement agencies in the Philippines.

The NCB is referred to as “NALECC-SCILEC” (National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee - Sub Committee on International Law Enforcement Cooperation).

INTERPOL Manila is an integral part of the PCTC. Its mission is to serve as the liaison office and main coordinating body for international police cooperation on behalf of all law enforcement agencies in the Philippines. Its main duties include:

Monitoring and coordinating law enforcement activities relating to transnational crimes affecting the Philippines;

Operating and maintaining an operations centre to serve as the focal point for international cooperation on transnational crime for all law enforcement agencies in the Philippines;

Acting as a NALECC Sub Committee in the monitoring of crime and activities which threaten national security and the economy.

INTERPOL Manila works around the clock and uses English as its main working language.

BUCALAN, Philippines – An operation by the Philippine National Police (PNP) has led to the arrest of eight suspects accused of running an online sexual extortion ring which blackmailed victims across Asia after luring them into engaging in cybersex activities and recording them.Operation Strikeback II also saw the rescue of five minors allegedly used by t...

MANILA, Philippines - An INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting organized crime networks behind ‘sextortion’ cases around the world has resulted in the arrest of 58 individuals, including three men linked to the group which harassed Scottish teenager Daniel Perry.
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Perry, a 17-year-old victim of an online blackmail attempt, died after jumping off...

LYON, France – An INTERPOL Incident Response Team (IRT) has been deployed to the Philippines to help assess the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) requirements following Typhoon Haiyan which has left thousands of people dead, missing and displaced.At the request of the Philippine authorities the INTERPOL team, which includes specialists from the General...

LYON, France – The suspected mastermind behind a global car smuggling ring, estimated to have trafficked luxury and sports vehicles worth around EUR 6 million since 2009, has been arrested following an INTERPOL-coordinated operation.The Russian national was taken into custody in Venice, Italy following INTERPOL’s Operation Eastbound which coordinated the...

LYON, France ‒ The Director General of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Nicanor Bartolome, has met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble to discuss increased cooperation between the country and the world police body in combating a range of transnational crimes.Mr Bartolome, who is also Head of INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau in Manila, u...

MANILA, Philippines - An operation at Manila International Airport has been carried out by local law enforcement authorities in co-ordination with INTERPOL targeting criminal networks and illegal immigrants attempting to use&nbsp;fraudulent documents&nbsp;to enter the Philippines.Co-ordinated by the Dismantling Smuggling Networks (DSN) umbrella of INTERPO...

MANILA, Philippines – Following its deployment of an Incident response team (IRT) to the Philippines to help assess the requirements for the recovery and identification of the victims of the 21 June ferry disaster, INTERPOL is to play a central role in supporting and co-ordinating the Philippines' Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) efforts for the almos...

LYON, France - An INTERPOL Incident Response Team (IRT) has been deployed to the Philippines to help assess the requirements for the recovery and identification of the victims of the June 21 ferry disaster which claimed the lives of around 800 passengers.The team, which arrived in Cebu on Sunday at the request of the Philippine government, includes DNA an...